setup.exe

Moresta Holdings Limited

The application setup.exe by Moresta Holdings Limited has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.playmediaforfree.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Moresta Holdings Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4e7d92416dae1df32fe60a36b2d6e672

SHA-1:
a8f30abc3156a5869da29d468c2abf0dc62427ba

SHA-256:
9ebc7b4306d5102e3b2cd301fabb1430040d5f6a2e7de22ead94e7a8278d61f7

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/12/2025 7:20:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Rootkit.72610
704

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dldr.Agent.434064
7.11.210.52

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-150215

Bitdefender
Rootkit.72610
1.0.20.310

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Rootkit.72610
8.15.03.03.01

F-Secure
Rootkit.72610
11.2015-03-03_3

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.YEINOW
15.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.2483

McAfee
Artemis!4E7D92416DAE
5600.6854

MicroWorld eScan
Rootkit.72610
16.0.0.186

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.eaa
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.IMALI
15.3.1.12

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0209
7.2.46

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
37544

File size:
424.2 KB (434,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Moresta Holdings Limited, O=Moresta Holdings Limited, POBox=3540, STREET=19 WaterFront Drive, L=Road Town, S=Tortola, PostalCode=VG1110, C=VG

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D713D50BB8F900189F44E4A637706C16

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/2/2015 9:42:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:WObE0mNgzXB4i5r3IyYzkleXaMYsNShqZj6MhQ1iQEIP+PuKY:WOlDzXT5AkleXAASY+MDVW+PZY

Entry address:
0x19E41

Entry point:
E8, CA, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 20, D5, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D0, D0, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81...
 
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Code size:
176 KB (180,224 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 22 URLs.

http://www.playmediaforfree.com/.../2?sub_id=w437DSLTOBOBPK7I04PBAIH0&pub_id=355&template=lp9

http://www.playmediaforfree.com/.../2?sub_id=w4OTHH5NVKG2TQCIGSBLAS37&pub_id=355&template=lp9

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